Charles Anderson (Klansman)

Charles Anderson was an American policeman from Muskegon, Michigan who, on 12 August 2019, became the center of controversy when it was discovered that he was an open Klan supporter. A whole wing of his house was dedicated to Confederate flags (even his placemats were Confederate flags), and he had a framed Ku Klux Klan application on his wall. In August 2019, an African-American man named Robert Mathis, who was looking for houses in the area, toured Anderson's house and noticed Klan paraphernalia, and - concerned that a policeman was a Klan member - he notified the police that Anderson was a secret Klansman and a racist. He was placed on administrative leave as the police department reviewed a 2009 case in which Anderson shot and killed a fleeing African-American man, which was originally justified, but which was now being reviewed as a racial incident.